The judge warned them not to talk!

County Court Judge Larry Wilson threw Clinton Buchanan out of his courtroom Wednesday for defying his orders and continuing to talk with Erin Diaz.

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County Court Judge Larry Wilson threw Clinton Buchanan out of his courtroom Wednesday for defying his orders and continuing to talk with Erin Diaz.

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The couple charged Monday in the armed robbery of Dino’s Gifts on Washington Avenue, north of Ocean Springs, had a preliminary hearing Wednesday morning and County Court Judge Larry Wilson set their bond at $15,000 each.

The charges include violence using a knife.

Diaz is accused of stabbing her ex-husband Luis Diaz Jr, owner of the store, with a knife and taking $166.

She left the store and got into a maroon Dodge Magnum believed to be driven by Buchanan on Saturday, according to investigators, and they were arrested in Gulfport on Monday.

Both told Wilson that they live in the 13000 block of Mock Street in Gulfport. Investigators had previous addresses of her living in Biloxi and him in Saucier.

Buchanan did tell the judge they have been doing small jobs, when asked if they were employed. She said she was unemployed.

According to Harrison County records, Erin Diaz was arrested in May 2016 on at least one charge of failure to appear in court in D'Iberville and Gulfport. She was fined in those cities.

Buchanan was arrested in 2013 on a 2006 charge of aggravated assault with a firearm and a 2007 charge of possessing a controlled substance. He was sentenced in 2014, according to the records, and served time for both offenses.

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